Intuit Appoints Tekedra Mawakana, Waymo's Chief Operating Officer, to Board of Directors
October 20 2020 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) today announced it has appointed
Tekedra Mawakana to its board of directors. Mawakana is the COO of
Waymo LLC, a subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc., where she is a
recognized business leader and expert on public policy related to
commerce and advanced applications of artificial intelligence and
machine learning.
“Tekedra has a deep understanding of issues at the intersection
of automated technology, consumer trust and global public policy,”
said Brad Smith, Intuit’s Executive Chairman of the Board. “Her
appointment significantly strengthens the board’s automated
technology expertise, and we are thrilled that she will bring her
experience and perspective to the Intuit board.”
Mawakana led the successful launch of Waymo’s first commercial
ride hailing service in Phoenix AZ, and played a central role on a
core executive team that raised over $3 billion in Waymo’s first
external investor fundraising round. As COO she is responsible for
bringing autonomous vehicle (AV) technology to market, as well as
revenue and business development, consumer trust and brand
awareness, public policy outcomes, and operational efficiency.
Mawakana has more than two decades of experience in advising
publicly traded consumer technology companies on global regulatory
policy. Prior to Waymo, she was VP of global government relations
at eBay, responsible for policy strategy for eBay’s marketplace in
190 markets, as well as for ticketing marketplace StubHub. As
Yahoo’s VP of global public policy, she advised its CEO on policy
issues around privacy and security. She began her career at the law
firm of Steptoe & Johnson LLP in Washington, DC.
As a tech industry veteran, Mawakana is on the Board of Industry
Leaders for the Consumer Technology Association and she previously
served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Internet
Association. She has been recognized as a “Top 20 in 2020
Influential Women in Mobility” by Vulog, and as one of the most
influential Black leaders in corporate America by Savoy magazine in
2020 and 2019. She also sits on the Executive Committee on the
Board of Directors for Saving Promise, a non-profit dedicated to
the prevention of intimate partner violence.
Mawakana received her JD from Columbia Law School and her BA
magna cum laude from Trinity College (now Trinity Washington
University).
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